Note from 1865
Very old paper regarding money owed to Ernest Nicholas
1865
Recieved of my Son
Ernst one thousand
Dollars between the
year 1859 and 1865.
Which I agree to
leave him at my
Death he being of
age when he let
me have it
T Raifmaire(?)
Witness M B Morris
The name T Raifmaire may not be spelled correctly and Ernest's mother at this time is still unknown.